"The Kennedys" Will Finally See the Light of Day

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After several networks, including Showtime, DirectTV, and The History Channel, declined to air the 8-part mini-series in a dragged-out game of "not it," it looked as though the series - which stars Holmes as Jackie and Greg Kinnear as JFK - was going to be shelved for good.

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The controversial mini-series is said to play a little fast and loose with the facts surrounding the lives of America's most famous family, which seemed to make the majority of networks squeamish. Before Reelz snapped it up, rumors had BBC America being another potential suitor for the series. Beyond that...well...it could have been one hastily-added animated sequence away from Sprout.

This has to be a huge relief to Holmes, whose recent Sundance film "The Son of No One" was widely considered a festival bomb.

Published at 12:59 PM PST on Feb 1, 2011 | Updated at 11:45 AM PDT on May 30, 2012